#A8A4AA#A8A4AA

#A8A4AA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.010 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A4AA
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 170)
HSL	hsl(280, 3%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(280, 4%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 3.5%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, 2.57, -2.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 3.65, 314.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% 0.0068 -0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.01 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.6784, 37.7781, 43.3820)
Luminance	0.3778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A4AA #A6AAA4

analogous

#A5A4AA #A8A4AA #AAA4A9

triadic

#A8A4AA #AAA8A4 #A4AAA8

tetradic

#A8A4AA #AAA5A4 #A6AAA4 #A4A9AA

square

#A8A4AA #AAA5A4 #A6AAA4 #A4A9AA

split-complementary

#A8A4AA #A9AAA4 #A4AAA5

monochromatic

#6B666D #8A848C #A8A4AA #C6C4C8 #E5E3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#A8A4AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#A8A4AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A4AA

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A4AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A4AA	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A5AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A5AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a4aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.010 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bfc3',
    500: '#a8a4aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a4aa;
$custom-light: #c1bfc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a4aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 3.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72386,
    "c": 0.00966,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A4AA

secondary

#D5D6D4

accent

#8D586A

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A4AA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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